Sunday, December 9, 2012 - Sunday State Sports
Wheeler News Service:
COLLEGE
FOOTBALL
--Division
III
(NCAA Playoff
Quarterfinals)
St. Thomas (Minn.) 28,
UW-Oshkosh 14
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COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
--Division I
Men
Marquette 60, Wisconsin
50
--Division I
Women
Toledo 83, UW-Milwaukee
59
UW-Green Bay 55, Marquette
46
--Division II
Men
UW-Parkside 96, Clarke
College 60
--Division III
Men
Beloit 74, Knox
69
Carroll 71, Monmouth
63
Concordia-Mequon 67,
Maranatha Baptist 49
Grinnell 105, St. Norbert
94
Illinois College 78, Ripon
74
Lakeland 88, Marian
81
Lawrence 79, Cornell
70
Milwaukee Engineering 64,
Edgewood 62
UW-La Crosse 69,
UW-Superior 58
UW-Oshkosh 69, UW-River
Falls 52
UW-Stevens Point 67,
Augustana 59
UW-Stout 64,
UW-Platteville 55
UW-Whitewater 79, UW-Eau
Claire 65
Wisconsin Lutheran 90,
Concordia-chicago 88 (OT)
--Division III
Women
Edgewood 63, Milwaukee
Engineering 36
Illinois College 55, Ripon
45
Knox 100, Beloit
90
Lakeland 61, Marian
49
Lawrence 79, Cornell
70
Loras 60, Carthage
48
Maranatha Baptist 52,
Concordia-Mequon 50
Monmouth 62, Carroll
45
St. Norbert 61, Grinnell
55 (OT)
UW-Oshkosh 62, UW-River
Falls 47
UW-Platteville 70,
UW-Stout 65
UW-Stevens Point 83,
Chicago 69
UW-Superior 80, UW-La
Crosse 57
UW-Whitewater 80, UW-Eau
Claire 72
Wisconsin Lutheran 64,
Westminster (Mo.) 46
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COLLEGE
HOCKEY
--Division I
Men
Wisconsin 3, Michigan Tech
3, tie (OT)
--Division I
Women
Wisconsin 3, North Dakota
2
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MAJOR INDOOR SOCCER
LEAGUE
Rochester 13, Milwaukee
6
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Here are the
stories:
Mistakes they usually
don't make doomed the Wisconsin Badgers in their in-state rivalry game in
Milwaukee against Marquette. Following the lead of Junior Cadougan, the Golden
Eagles beat UW, 60-50, Saturday. The Badgers made 14 turnovers, about half
again the average. They also shot 33 percent from the field and 39 percent from
the free throw line. Marquette scored the first seven points of the game and
never trailed, but the Badgers were able to pull close twice in the second half.
In each case, Cadougan stepped up and helped his team maintain its lead. The
senior point guard hit 7-of-10 shots, took down four rebounds and dished out a
half-dozen assists, with only one turnover. The Badger offense was so anemic,
nobody scored in double figures. Jared Berggren and Ryan Evans each scored nine
points. Marquette's record improves to 6-2, while Wisconsin falls to
6-4.
-12/9-
The last time the Detroit
Lions won a game at Lambeau Field, Barry Sanders was keeping defensive players
awake at night. The Lions will try to avoid losing on the Packers' home turf
for a 21st consecutive time tonight. Green Bay is trying to retain its hold on
first place in the NFC Central Division by taking its ninth win in 13 games.
The Pack moved back into a tie for the top spot with last week's 23-14 win over
the Vikings. The Packers are welcoming a familiar face with the signing of Ryan
Grant. Injuries have depleted the team's running backs and the Pack only have
three rushing touchdowns in the first dozen games. Grant had thousand-yard
seasons in 2008 and 2009. The Lions will be trying to reverse the negative
momentum. They've dropped four in a row and have a disappointing 4-8
record.
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North Dakota jumped out to
a 2-0 lead, but couldn't hold it at LaBahn Arena. The Wisconsin women's hockey
team rallied for a 3-2 win. It was the first time all season the Badgers had
won after being outshot by an opponent. North Dakota scored just 40 seconds
into the game and went up 2-0 by the second period. Goals by Madison Packer and
Brianna Decker came just 30 seconds apart near the end of that period. Then,
Alev Kelter scored the winner a couple of minutes into the final period. Alex
Rigsby had 33 saves in the victory as Wisconsin's record improved to 11-6-2.
The Badgers go for the home sweep this afternoon at 1 p.m. in
Madison.
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The Wisconsin men's hockey
team blew a 3-1 lead, but held on for a 3-3 tie at home against Michigan Tech
Saturday. Both games in the weekend series ended in a tie. Tyler Barnes opened
the scoring with a first period goal, but Tech answered quickly. Brendan Woods
made the lead 2-1 at 8:56 of the period. Joseph LaBate made the lead 3-1 early
in the second period. The game-tying goal came early in the final period.
Wisconsin controlled the action and outshot Michigan Tech 37-25. Joel Rumpel
made 22 saves. Wisconsin's record is 2-7-5, including 2-5-5 in WCHA
competition.
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St. Thomas jumped out to a
21-0 lead in the first quarter, then held on to beat the University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh and qualify for the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl next weekend. The
Tommies scored on the first play from scrimmage when defensive lineman Ayo Idowu
picked up a bad pitch and returned it 25 yards to the end zone. The Titans
turned the ball over four times in the loss. Quarterback Nate Wara accounted
for both Oshkosh scores with one passing TD and one rushing. Wara hit 20-of-34
passes for 266 yards. The Tommies take on Mount Union in the title game in
Salem, Virginia, next Friday.
-12/9-
You work extra, you get
paid extra. University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez will get an
extra 225 thousand dollars in his paycheck for one month on the job. Alvarez
will coach the Badgers in next month's Rose Bowl. He will get the money the
university would have paid head coach Bret Bielema before he left to coach
Arkansas. Alvarez makes a million dollars a year as Wisconsin's athletic
director. He'll be pretty busy all month long, searching for Bielema's
permanent replacement, getting ready for the bowl game and meeting with new
recruits during one of the busiest times of the athletic year – while still
performing athletic director duties. He says he served as coach and athletic
director for three years, getting just one salary. Those days are
history.
